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Macedon, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Macedon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14502. The Survey maps it on the Macedon quadrangle.

Macedon within Wayne County

Then and now

1900 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Macedon, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Macedon, surveyed 1900

On record in Macedon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

197 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Macedon between 2001 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 42 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined98
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning26
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Macedon: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Palmyra PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wayne County Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macedon in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1998Thunderstorm WindMacedon$5,000,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMacedon$15,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Macedon.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMacedon$15,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMacedon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMacedon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMacedon$10,000Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMacedon$8,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMacedon$8,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMacedon$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindMacedon$500Tree downed, blocking road.
August 2018Heavy RainMacedon-no account filed
August 2018HailMacedon-no account filed
June 2014HailMacedon-no account filed
June 2007HailMacedon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
North Macedon0.9 miles20
Cator Corners1.7 miles20
Macedon Center2.1 miles20
Yellow Mills2.3 miles20
Wayneport3.3 miles20
Cooney Crossing3.4 miles20
Marquart Village3.4 miles20
Palmyra3.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956224. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.